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How Recent Documentary Films May Have Paved the Way to Embrace the Figure of Barack Obama

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Penelope Andrew

To look at the escalating popularity of the documentary film is to enter an interesting, complicated, and collectively psychoanalytic exploration of the role of desire and dreams in a time of mass confusion.

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My alternative Top 10

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Marshall Fine

When I assembled my 10-best films of the year, I did so with an eye on mainstream films. The year was so strong in that regard that it was still diffi...

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Body of War: An Interview with Phil Donahue

Brad Listi | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Brad Listi

Unflinching in its patriotism, Body of War insists on showing us the human costs of Iraq -- a side of the war that most of us never see.

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Ron Kovic and Tomas Young

Ellen Spiro | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Ellen Spiro

After the credits, Kovic wheeled to the front of the theatre and gave a spontaneous speech. It was one of those documentary moments that live forever.

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My Conversation with Phil Donahue on Body of War

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

2008-04-24-donahue_tavis.jpgDonahue's new film tells the story of a U.S. soldier severely wounded in Iraq and the difficult journey he's navigated following the attack.

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Phil Donahue-Backed Anti-War Film Debuts At Toronto Film Fest

Reuters Canada | Ka Yan Ng | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Sign up for the army, but know you could come home in a wheelchair. That was the hard lesson for Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, whose experience is det...

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